Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 31,059, Joshua Gillpatrick, Mass.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Mass.
Gillpatrick, Joshua
S. 31,059
CONTENTS

31 059 Rev INVALID.
1933 - July, 4. Dist. to Annie F. P. Carson Etal
File No. 31,059
Joshua Gillpatrick Rev Rev
Act: June 1892
Index: -Vol. 2 , Page 153
[Arrangement of 1870.]

No. 11.265 Maine
Joshua Pillsbury of York Co. in the State of Maine who was a Private in the Company commanded by Captain Hubbard of the Regt. commanded by Col. Seaman in the Massachusetts line of Troops —
10 Dec 15 1/2 — Dr. 34.97
Inscribed on the Roll of Maine at the rate of 34, Dollars 97. Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 15 th day of April 1833 and sent to Edward E. Browne. Kennebec, Me.
Arrears to the 4th of March 1833. 59.94 Semi-ann. allowance ending 4 Sept 1833 17.48
$ 87.42
{ Revolutionary Claim, { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by S. S. Sprague Clerk, Book E Vol. 1 Page 18
Date of death not on a B

Joshua Gillpatrick
No 2594
Adm c
10 mos 15 ds
$ 34.97
Edu. V. Boane
Kennebec
Me.

State of Maine.
Maine District COUNTY OF YORK, SS.
ON this seventh day of August A.D. 1832 personally appeared in open court, before the District Court of the United States  Court for Maine District now sitting at Kennebec , Joshua Gillpatrick a resident of Lyman in the county of York and State of Maine aged seventy four years, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth, on his oath, make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress passed June 7, 1832. That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers, and served as herein stated. That About the last of April or first of May he enlisted as a private in the company of Captain James Hubbard , of which Joseph Churchwell was Lieutenant and Nathaniel Courrier Ensign. That said company was raised for the defence of the seacoast, and about thirty of them were employed for a month or two in guarding the beach when they were ordered to Cambridge , where they were in Colonel Scammon's Regiment , in General Sullivan's Brigade and when they continued until the last of December which was the time for which he and said company enlisted when he was honorably discharged. In January 1776 he again enlisted for two months in a company under the command of Captain Daniel Littlefield , of which Jonathan Hild was first Lieutenant, and Samuel Mitchell 2 d Lieutenant and William Perkins Ensign. They were at Cambridge in the Regiment of Colonel Little . After said two months were expired the Colonel wished the Regiment to stay fifteen days longer, and most of the Regiment agreed to stay, and he remained the member. He served said two months and fifteen days and was honorably discharged. He has no other discharges. He was born in Wells , May 11 th 1758. His age is recorded as the family bible has lived in Lyman forty years.
He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present, and declares that his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any State, or (if any) only on that of the agency of the State of
SWORN TO, and subscribed, the day and year aforesaid.
Joshua Gillpatrick
Before me Asher Warner Judge of the U.S. for the Dist. of Maine.
WE, George W. Wells , a clergyman, residing in the town of Kennebec and Samuel Emerson , residing in the town of Lyman  Kennebec hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with Joshua Gillpatrick , who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be seventy four years of age; that he is reputed and believed, in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the revolution, and that we concur in that opinion.
SWORN TO, and subscribed, the day and year aforesaid.
George W. Wells Samuel Emerson
Before me Asher Warner Judge of the U.S. for the Dist. of Maine.
AND the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the abovenamed applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states. And the court further certifies, that it appears to them that George W. Wells , who has signed the preceding certificate, is a clergyman, resident in the town of Kennebec , and that Samuel Emerson , who has also signed the same, is a resident in the town of Kennebec and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
I, John Nussey , clerk of the District Court of the United States for Maine District do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said court in the matter of the application of Joshua Gillpatrick for a pension.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this seventh day of August A.D. 1832
John Nussey Clerk U.S. Courts

I Ezechiel Wakefield of Kennebunk in the county of York and state of Maine Husbandman eighty years of age, do on oath testify and say that I enlisted in the service of the United States on the last day of April or first of May 1875 and was orderly sergeant in a company under the command of Capt Jesse Boorman and was stationed at Cambridge in Colonel Scamman Regiment. I enlisted for eight months and continued there doing my duty as orderly sergeant in said company for said time and was discharged on the last day of December. I do further testify and declare that Joshua Gillepatrick then of Wells now of Lyman was at Cambridge all or nearly all the time while I was there and was in the company under the command of Captain James Hubbard. We were well acquainted and were frequently together and have lived within a mile of each other ever since. The said Joshua Gillepatrick was discharged about the same time I was and returned home.
I do further testify and declare that I enlisted for two months in a company under the command of Captain Daniel Littlefield about the first of February 1876. Jonathan Hill was first Lieutenant and Samuel Mitchell 2 d Lieutenant. I was orderly sergeant. I do further testify that said Joshua Gillepatrick enlisted in the same company at the same time. We enlisted for two months. We immediately went to Cambridge where we had our time out - we were in no engagement. After the two months were out a request came to Colonel Little in whom regiment we were to request us to stay fifteen days longer. The regiment voted and most of them staid the fifteen days. I remained and so also did the said Joshua the fifteen

days when we were discharged and returned home to- gether and reached home the last of April having been gone nearly three months - His
Witness -
Phineas Stevens
Oralie Wakefield Mark
Spec. District Court
August 7, 1832
Sworn to in Court
Attest John Nussey Clerk
I certify that it has been satisfactorily proved to me that the above named deponent Oralie Wakefield is a credible person and worthy of belief -
Asheville Feb 1st A. D. 1832 of the cause
Oralie Wakefield to James Grafton

July 14, 1933
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Joshua Gillpatrick-S.31059 James Kilgore -S.35506
Annie F.P.Gorson 12 Brewster Road Framingham, Massachusetts
Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your letter in which you request information in regard to Joshua Gillpatrick and James Kilgore, soldiers of the Revolutionary War and pensioners of Maine.
You are herein furnished the histories of those two soldiers as found in the papers on file in their respective claims for pension, S.31059 and S. 35506, based upon their military service in the War of the Revolution.
Joshua Gillpatrick S.31059
Joshua Gillpatrick was born May 11, 1758, in Wells, state not shown.
While residing in Wells, state not given, he enlisted about May 1, year not shown, served as a private in Captain James Hubbard's Company, Colonel Seamon's Massachusetts Regiment and was discharged the last of December, year not stated; he enlisted in January, 1776, and served two months and fifteen days in Captain Daniel Littlefield's Company, Colonel Little's Massachusetts Regiment.
He was allowed pension on his application executed August 7, 1832, while residing in Lyman, York County, Maine, where, he stated, he had resided for forty years.
There are no data as to soldier's family.
These of. were mil. raised to re-inforce the Cont. Army

In order to obtain the date of last payment of pension, the name and address of person paid and possibly the date of death of the Revolutionary War pensioner, Joshua Gillpatrick(S.31059), you should address the Comptroller General, General Accounting Office, Records Division, this city, citing all the following data:
Joshua Gillpatrick, Certificate No.11265, issued April 15, 1833, rate $34.97 per annum, commenced March 14, 1831, Act of June 7, 1832, Maine Agency.
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James Kilgore S.35506
The date and place of birth of James Kilgore are not shown in the papers in the pension claim.
He enlisted in the state of Massachusetts February 1, 1777, and served three years in Captain Joseph Pettingill's Company, Colonel J. Wesson's 9 th Massachusetts Regiment.
He was allowed pension on his application executed April 11, 1818, while residing in Lovell, Oxford County, Maine, and aged fifty-eight years.
In 1820, he stated that he was aged sixty-two years and that his wife, Abigail, was aged sixty-three years. There is no reference to children and no further family data.
In order to obtain the date of last payment of pension, the name and address of person paid and possibly the date of death of the Revolutionary War pensioner, James Kilgore(S.35506), you should address the Comptroller General, General Accounting Office, Records Division, this city, citing all the following data:
James Kilgore, Certificate No. 3245, issued October 2, 1818, rate $8 per month, commenced April 11, 1818, Act of March 18, 1818, Maine Agency.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILIER Assistant to Administrator.

12 Brewster Road, Framingham, Mass., July 5, 1933.
Veterans Administration, Washington, D. C.
Dear Sir:
Will you please send me the data appearing on the application for pensions of the following men who served in the Revolutionary War and Pensioners from Maine.
James Kilgore of Lovell, Me., enlisted from Fryeburg, Me., Wife's name was Abigail.
Joshua Gillpatrick , 82, York County. Resided in Lyman, Me.
Thanking you for this information, I am
Very truly yours,
Annie F. P. Corson.
Annie F.P. Corson.